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Secular Sunday – An Addiction Model May Explain A Lot of Our Current Societal Issues (That Don’t Normally Seem Like Addiction Issues)

This is a fascinating thread which encompasses a lot of interesting ideas – tribalism, how people get sucked further into wilder conspiracy theories, and even whether QAnon is showing signs of moving from a fringe political theory into a full-fledged religion.

it’s conceivable to conceptualize political tribalism (& perhaps even cultism), through an addiction model where there’s a cocaine-like hit on the front end that pulls them in… ….and an opioid-like withdrawal that prevents them from pushing away.

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